What is the test for determining whether there are two classes of people entitled to the same legal status under the same law?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gomez, E059722 (Cal. App. 2015):
a similar fashion. [Citations.]' [Citation.] We first ask whether the two classes are similarly situated with respect to the purpose of the law in question, but are treated differently. [Citation.] If groups are similarly situated but treated differently, the state must then provide a rational justification for the disparity. [Citation.]" (People v. Lynch (2012) 209 Cal.App.4th 353, 358.)
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